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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Hgst Technologies Santa Ana, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Aldo G. Cometti, San Diego, CA (US);
Pablo Alejandro Ziperovich, San Diego, CA (US);
HGST TECHNOLOGIES SANTA ANA, INC., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining memory cell bias information for use in memory operations. One or more memory die are selected from a group of memory die, and one or more memory blocks selected from the selected one or more memory die. A group of cells within the selected memory blocks are programmed and cycled. Bias values are generated based on comparing one or more program levels associated with respective wordlines with predetermined programming levels. The bias values are stored lookup table that is configured to be accessible at runtime by a memory controller for retrieval of the bias value during a memory operation.